Essential Task: Explain the process of conception, gestation (zygote, embryo, and fetus), factors that
influence fetal development (teratogens and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome), and the maturation
of motor skills.

Essential Task: . Explain the maturation of cognitive abilities according to Piaget with specific attention to
object permanence in the sensorimotor stage, magical thinking, theory of mind, and the lack
of conservation and reversible thinking in the preoperational stage, overcoming the
limitations of the preoperational stage in the concrete operational stage, and the
development of abstract reasoning in the formal operational stage.

Essential Task 9-9

You must pick 2 articles from the following list, read/annotate them, and complete a Socratic Seminar sheet on each. Be ready to engage in a two-day long discussion of our essential question - How are humans developing a gender identify and a sexual orientation in today's society? What impact does this process have on the self and the group? You will also complete 2 additional Socratic Seminar sheets. 1.for Killing us Softly and 2 for Katz's A Taught Behavior, Violence Against Women, and Watson's UN Speech.